[RASMB] Sad news: Howard Schachman (1918-2016)

[Arthur Rowe]

To you, Tom, Walter and everyone -

We have indeed sadly lost one of the most exploring and innovative minds in our field. One of Howard's early publications ("Studies on the Validity of the Einstein Viscosity Law and Stokes' Law of Sedimentation" J Polym Sci XVI 19-30 1955) came out just as I was commencing graduate studies in Colloid Science, Cambridge, and the clarity of thought and precision of the experimental work presented made an instant impression on me - reinforced a little later by reading his great book "Analytical Ultracentrifugation in Biochemistry". It's still a good read - and not too much in science still reads well, half a century on. 
As you note, Howard got around, both geographically and in science. I recall one near-embarrassing (for me) occasion. I was down to give a seminar in David Phillips's department in Oxford. Just about to start I asked David's advice - "should I assume that folks here are not heavily into protein hydrodynamics, maybe I should give a simple introduction?". David's response: "er . . . you have noticed our departmental visitor Howard Schachman, sitting in the third row ......?"
Very best wishes to all of you
Arthur


On 16 Sep 2016, at 15:06, Laue, Thomas wrote:

> To all-
> A sad day indeed. Anyone who every interacted with Howard or heard him speak got to hear his unique mixture of incredible knowledge, great science and rapier wit. His slides showing the "Metabolism of Biochemists," which included a later revision explaining that the Academic-Industrial shunt was reversible, or his "Application to the Molecular Biology Country Club," where you were asked how many publications you had last year (50, 100 or 200, with the question of "If less than 50, please explain") and in what year did you win the Nobel Prize (or what year *should* you have won it) were priceless. His photo of his lab members, all of whom had Einstein's face superimposed on theirs, always got the audience chuckling. However, these slides were interspersed with incredible science- you always left one of his talks having learned a great deal.
> I have often said that I have never explored a 'new' area of AUC where I did not find that Howard had been there first, and had explored it far more thoroughly than I.
> Best wishes to all,
> Tom
> University of New Hampshire
> 603-862-2459
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> To All RASMBers:
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> Sad news:
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> Howard Schachman died in August.
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> Walter Stafford
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Professor Arthur J Rowe
NCMH/Food Sciences
University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington
Leics LE12 5RD UK

Tel: +44 115 9516156
arthur.rowe at nottingham.ac.uk



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